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I don't think they should have said anything at all in this case, beyond their condolences.

1. Autopilot didn't cause the accident, but they're sort of making it sound like it did by bringing it up

2. If people are arguing that autopilot contributed by making the driver feel like they didn't need to pay as much attention, the only way to defend against that is to blame the driver - why would you do that?

3. It's sort of invading the privacy of someone who recently died by detailing the crash, making it about Tesla. I don't believe other car companies would issue a PR release if one of their cars got in a crash, even with accident avoidance features on?

It somehow manages to feel self serving and make Tesla look bad at the same time.